George Osborne’s doctor brother has been found guilty of dishonestly attempting to obtain drugs by a medical disciplinary panel.

The Rainow-based Tatton MP’s sibling, Dr Adam Osborne, 33, used misleading and dishonest behaviour when he falsified the name of a friend on a prescription, the General Medical Council in Manchester found.

He handed the request to staff at Wythenshawe Hospital but was refused the drugs because the name given did not match patient records.

On Wednesday (24 Feb) Dr Osborne was suspended for six months by the panel.

He has admitted attempting to obtain anti-psychotic drugs at Wythenshawe Hospital on May 12, 2008. The drugs were said to be for a friend, Miss B, who was having hallucinations as a side-effect of cocaine use.

Rather than take her into the hospital he went himself and falsified her name. He later acquired the drugs lorazepam and haloperidol at a pharmacy using a form which missed out the patient’s name and address.

The panel found that misleading and dishonest behaviour had not been proven in relation to the second prescription.

Panel chairman Alyson Leslie told Dr Osborne: "Attempting to obtain haloperidol and lorazepam for Miss B by writing an NHS prescription in a false name and presenting that at a hospital pharmacy was misleading.

"The panel is also satisfied that attempting to obtain haloperidol and lorazepam in those circumstances was dishonest."